Yeah, so a UNION would work, would this solution be faster than using a subquery (my instinct says yes) but thought I would ask. They both execute fast on my system so it's hard to say under load.
Thanks, Waynn On 11/12/08, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 12), Waynn Lue said: >> I'm trying to find the first row before and the first row after a specific >> row. Essentially I want to do these two queries, and get each row. >> >> SELECT * FROM Users WHERE UserId = <userId> ORDER BY UserId DESC LIMIT 1; >> SELECT * FROM Users WHERE UserId = <userId> ORDER BY UserId LIMIT 1; >> >> Is there any way to combine this into one query? OFFSET doesn't allow a >> negative number, which is essentially what I want. > > How about joining them with a UNION? Two queries for the round-trip > cost of one! > > -- > Dan Nelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
